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Articles 8021 through 8120 of 20587:
- India Announces Rs 10 Cr Aid For Palestinians (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Concerned over the economic hardships faced by Palestinian people, India has announced a humanitarian assistance worth Rs 10 crore to help them out of the prevailing situation in Gaza and West Bank.
- Quota Stir Intensifies, Doctors On Hunger Strike (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Stepping up their agitation against the government's controversial reservation proposal, medical students of the capital on Sunday began an indefinite hunger strike.
- Menace Of Spurious Drugs (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 14, 2006)
three-member Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed President Gen Pervez Musharraf to promulgate a presidential ordinance to effectively check the production and marking of spurious drugs . . .
- Militant Strike On Bjp Rally (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, May 14, 2006)
Militants hurled grenades at a BJP protest rally in Doda today, killing two and injuring more than 40 in an apparent bid to raise tension in chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad’s home district, reports our correspondent.
- The Monolith Of Failed Promises (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, May 14, 2006)
The Supreme Court's observation, over-ruling its previous judgement against raising the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project, may have populist overtones for downstream politics and the pro-dam lobbyists, but it has inadvertently . . .
- People Triumph In Nepal (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, May 13, 2006)
The democracy movement's glorious victory holds lessons for all of South Asia about integrating social justice issues with mainstream politics.
- Five Former Nepali Ministers Arrested (Hindu, Ameet Dhakal, May 13, 2006)
Chiefs, officials of Nepal Police, Armed Police Force suspended
- Delhi Docs Strike Work (Pioneer, Veena Sunderam, May 13, 2006)
Resident doctors of all city hospitals, except Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital struck work on Friday evening and went on a 24-hour strike as an expression of solidarity with the medical students protesting the OBC quota proposal moved by HRD Minister . . .
- Politics Of Reservation (Daily Excelsior, M L Kotru, May 13, 2006)
The genie that V P Singh un leashed on the nation to save his tottering political future,
- On Rae Bareli And Sycophancy (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 13, 2006)
There was never any doubt that Sonia Gandhi would regain her Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, which she gave up on the office of profit issue.
- Mla Comes Under Scanner For Child Marriages (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
The state Commission for Women has set the ball rolling for establishing the alleged role of an independent MLA in helping the conduct of marriages of 38 minor couples in Dehri-on-Sone in Rohtas district last month.
- Three Nepal Royalist Ministers Arrested (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Nemesis finally began catching up with King Gyanendra’s key accomplices, with the new government of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Friday arresting . . .
- Life In The Lift (Deccan Herald, Deepa Mohan, May 13, 2006)
Interactions of the residents in a lift are a fascinating feature of apartment life
- The Index Of Development (Pioneer, KPS Gill, May 13, 2006)
The total unreality of the planning and budgeting processes in India, at both the Centre and in the States, is astonishing, and tragically out of sorts with the realities of the ground.
- Budhia Runs The Gauntlet (Pioneer, Navneet Anand, May 13, 2006)
It is not for nothing that India is known as a land of contradictions.
- Balochistan Violence (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 13, 2006)
Despite confidence expressed by General Musharraf in March that the conditions in Balochistan would be under control in a month’s time, attacks on security personnel and government installations continue to take place almost on a daily basis. In the . . .
- The Monolith Of Failed Promises (Pioneer, Sudhirendar Sharma, May 13, 2006)
The Supreme Court's observation, over-ruling its previous judgement against raising the height of the controversial Sardar Sarovar . . .
- A Time For Growing Up (Deccan Herald, Tavleen Singh, May 13, 2006)
Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for re-election from Rae Bareilli brought back for me memories of why, ever since I became a political journalist, I have opposed dynastic democracy.
- Friend Of India (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 13, 2006)
With the passing away of the Pulitzer prize winning former editor of the New York Times, Abraham M Rosenthal, on May 11, India has lost yet another friend shortly after the demise of John Kenneth Galbraith in Massachusetts on May 1.
- The Biggest Losers In The Election Are... (OutLook, T V R Shenoy, May 13, 2006)
The headlines are devoted to the winners on the morrow of elections. But it may be just as instructive to cast an eye on the losers.
- Palestine Starving (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, May 13, 2006)
Israeli and Western governments are denying the Palestinian Authority funds after the Hamas victory in the elections.
- Downstream Of Protest (Pioneer, MS Menon, May 13, 2006)
It's curtains, for the time being, on the ongoing drama against the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) with the Supreme Court . . .
- Price Of Growth Bretton Woods Twins In Trouble (Frontline, PALLAVI AIYAR, May 13, 2006)
Awe-inspiring achievements on the economic front have diverted attention from China's poor record in the safety of coal miners.
- Bla Does Exist (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, May 13, 2006)
SIix policemen of the Anti-Terrorist Force were killed and 13 others injured in five powerful explosions which rocked the firing range of the Police Training College in Quetta on Thursday.
- Kalam Advocates Increasing Seats In Educational Institutions (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
As a debate rages over the issue of reservations in elite academic institutions, President A P J Abdul Kalam today recommended increasing the number of seats in centres of higher education to cater to the requirements of the country's knowledge industry.
- Anti-Quota Medicos Face Teargas, Water Cannons (Tribune, Smriti Kak Ramachandran, May 13, 2006)
Hours after they made the announcement to intensify the fight against reservation for OBCs in higher education, medical students took to the streets in the Capital demanding the Prime Minister’s intervention on the issue. Medical services in the . . .
- Ima Supports Doctors' Stir, Health Services In Tailspin (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 13, 2006)
Expressing solidarity with medical students in their anti-quota agitation, Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday asked resident doctors and faculty associations in hospitals in Delhi to go on a 24-hour strike with immediate effect and called a . . .
- Desire, Cruelty And Work (Telegraph, BHASWATI CHAKRAVORTY, May 12, 2006)
Sex Workers of India: Diversity in Practice of Prostitution and Ways of Life By Moni Nag, Allied, Price not mentioned
- Frayed Truce (Frontline, V.S. Sambandan, May 12, 2006)
The April 25 attack on the Army chief has cast a shadow on the fragile peace process in the country torn by years of civil strife.
- After 6 Years, Pondicherry Is Back In Coalition Mode (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Like neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the Union territory of Pondicherry too got into a coalition mood after a gap of six years with Congress-led Democratic Progressive Alliance (DPA) winning 20 of the 30 assembly seats which went to polls on May 8.
- India Has Become A Nation Of Clerks To The World, Says Joshi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
The former Union Minister laments country's loss of civilisational glory
- Two-Thirds Majority For Ldf In Kerala (Hindu, Roy Mathew, May 12, 2006)
5.65 percentage point difference between two fronts; seven Ministers of Oommen Chandy Cabinet lose
- Election Outcome Positives (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, May 12, 2006)
Few popular contests in recent memory have been as interesting, as instructive, and as productive of democratic positives as the April-May 2006 round of Assembly elections.
- ‘Look Before You Don’T Leap’ (Dawn, M.J. Akbar, May 12, 2006)
The strife-ridden battleground of Indian politics has entered a phase of curious and paradoxical stalemate: the government is ceding space but there is no one to occupy it.
- Are We Faring So Well? (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, May 12, 2006)
Prime minister Shaukat Aziz’s statements of late should come as great morale boosters, given the rosy picture he has been painting of the national economy and the state of social sector development in Pakistan.
- India's Uncared Masses Abroad (Pioneer, Sunanda K Datta-Ray, May 12, 2006)
No Government can claim a place at the world's high table if its citizens need dirty, poorly paid jobs abroad where every despot and dictator can kick them around.
- Minister Appeals For Sentence Suspension (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Maharashtra Transport Minister Swarup Singh Naik, who was convicted and sentenced to one-month imprisonment along with Additional Secretary Ashok Khot, on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to suspend the sentence.
- Quotas Don’T Bring Votes (Deccan Herald, Sushant Sareen, May 12, 2006)
The middle class deserves whatit gets, it needs to vote if it wants politicians to take note of them
- Blowing Hot And Cold (The Nation, Editorial, The Nation, May 12, 2006)
While reports of government emissaries meeting the exiled leaders of the two mainstream parties have off and on appeared in the press, no headway seems to have been made.
- Congress Happy Left Happier (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, May 12, 2006)
The election results of Thursday actually has ensured the stability of the UPA government with gains for the allies and nothing for the NDA
- Arrested Militant Underwent Training In Bangladesh (Hindu, Devesh K. Pandey , May 12, 2006)
Met a dozen militants from Hyderabad
LeT militants are sent to training camps in Pakistan
Militants planning big strike, perhaps in Delhi
- Gmr Group Woos Aai Staff Through Their Stomachs (Hindu, Mandira Nayar, May 12, 2006)
A swanky new canteen at subsidised rates to generate goodwill for the new team
- Congress To Form Coalition Government In Assam (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, May 12, 2006)
The ruling Congress has emerged the single largest party in Assam and set to form a coalition government. It won 52 of the 125 seats declared so far. A meeting on May 13 will elect the leader to stake the claim for forming a government.
- A Vote For Development, Says Buddhadeb (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
"Our responsibilities have increased"
Verdict a mandate for greater industrialisation
Consolidating success in agriculture, improving conditions of below poverty line people also important
No differences in CPI(M) over economic measures
- `India A Nation Of Clerks To The World' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
Murli Manohar Joshi mourns country's loss of civilisational glory
Seminar on `Bharatiya Heritage in Engineering and Technology' held
`Ancient India had every kind of technology and science'
- Results, Responsibilities (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, May 12, 2006)
Left’s win may not alter Delhi equation
- Third Front, What? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2006)
A rather cynical political experiment in Assam has failed. Lessons for the Left there
- A Failed State Of Understanding (Indian Express, Husain Haqqani, May 12, 2006)
Pakistan’s irate response to its rating on the Failed States Index is a knee-jerk denial
- Will Shows The Way To Talk About Sex (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, May 12, 2006)
Storm over Shakespearean smut reveals parental thought control
- Well, A Start (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, May 12, 2006)
One can very well understand the propaganda that has accompanied the State Vigilance Organisation's move to attach the property of an executive engineer accused of corruption.
- Tourist Season In Full Swing (Hindu, D. Radhakrishnan, May 12, 2006)
Evokes mixed reactions from people
- Social Audit Of Employment Guarantee (Frontline, Sowmya Kerbart Sivakumar, May 12, 2006)
A mass social audit initiative of employment guarantee works in Dungarpur district of Rajasthan produces encouraging results.
- E-Delivery Of Certificates Can Be A ‘Killer App’ (The Financial Express, S SADAGOPAN, May 12, 2006)
For this, hundreds of e-governance ‘pilot’ projects need to move beyond this stage and achieve results.
- Incredible India Needs Credible Policy Focus (Business Line, B. S. Rathor, May 12, 2006)
Major resources must be diverted to develop the domestic tourism segment, to offer opportunities for the local people and an experience of Incredible India to the visitors.
- The Next Hanks' Release (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 12, 2006)
Yul Brynner never had the problem which some rival movie-makers say Tom Hanks will face in this summer’s biggest release, The Da Vinci Code.
- Brand Buddha Is A Complete Sellout (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2006)
There are turning points in the lives of politicians when they are transformed from mere leaders into symbols of a larger radical change. This election was one such turning point for Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee — today the 62-year-old West Bengal CM has . . .
- Viva Voce (Tribune, S. Raghunath, May 12, 2006)
The Haryana Government has lifted with immediate effect the ban on recruitment of staff in essential services and the State Road Transport Corporation (HSRTC) has set in motion the stupendous task of interviewing some 50,000 candidates for the posts . . .
- Employment Guarantee — Signs Of Transformation (Hindu, Nirmala Lakshman, May 11, 2006)
A substantial social audit reveals that in the harsh terrain of Dungarpur, Rajasthan, where daily living poses a constant challenge, employment on public works has risen to unprecedented levels over the last two months.
- Freeing The Airports (Telegraph, Abhijit Bhattacharyya , May 11, 2006)
Customs officers “set up illegal drugs operation”, screamed the headline. They, reportedly, misled their bosses, secretly worked with a fugitive drug smuggler wanted in this country and traded in a £3.5 million bulk shipment from Pakistan.
- New Mexico Renames State Highway On Indian-American Sikh (Indian Express, KALYANI VASAN, May 11, 2006)
In a rare gesture, the New Mexico State Transportation Commission has renamed a state highway — Highway 106 — as ‘Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway’ in memory of the late Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji. An Indian-American, he was known to his followers as . . .
- Pgcet: High Court Dismisses Students' Plea; Stay Vacated (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Students had challenged the annulment of their ranks in the entrance test by the State Government
- Aids-Affected People Protest Pharma Company's Move (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Multinational firm has filed a patent application on key AIDS drug tenofovir in India
- Us Firm’S Patent Claim On Aids Drug Opposed (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Apprehending steep price hike, voluntary outfits and the Indian network of HIV positive people have filed a pre-grant opposition to a patent claim on a crucial AIDS drug made by an American company.
- Army Jawan Shot Dead In J-K (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Militants shot dead an army jawan and injured a government teacher in separate attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said on Wednesday.
- Fears Of A Drought (Dawn, Sultan Ahmed, May 11, 2006)
Pakistan faces a treat of a drought hitting hard the kharif crops, cotton and rice in particular, warns the meteorological department.
- Who Will Be Crowned King Of Bureaucrats? (The Financial Express, P VAIDYANATHAN IYER, May 11, 2006)
With present Cabsec BK Chaturvedi’s tenure ending mid-June, the race for this coveted post is on
- Demands On A Fast Growing Economy (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
While the government has avoided levying heavy taxes over the last few years, unforeseen factors such as the unprecedented hike in international oil prices, the sharp rise in the demand of essential items as compared to their supply in . . .
- Musharraf To Lay Kbd Foundation Soon: Cm (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
President Pervez Musharraf will soon lay the foundation stone of the Kalabagh dam to overcome the shortage of electricity.
- An Enormous Wheel Of International Deceit (The Financial Express, Vikram S Mehta, May 11, 2006)
Globalisation and technology have also fuelled international criminal enterprise on a huge scale
- Caviar For The Masses (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 11, 2006)
Caviar is likely to be dearer this year, never mind reduced rates for hospitality and entertainment under the fringe benefits tax (FBT)! This is because only Iran has got the go-ahead to export its quota of the prized delicacy from the Caspian Sea.
- Chronicle Of A Prophecy Untold (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, May 11, 2006)
How is it that most astrologers are wiser only after a tragic event has taken place, asks Anuradha Dutt
- Avert Grave Danger (Pioneer, Daniel Pipes, May 11, 2006)
Sustained diplomatic pressure is needed to stop Tehran from developing weapons of mass destruction, says Daniel Pipes
- Nepal Rising (Frontline, Siddharth Varadarajan, May 11, 2006)
A road map exists, and the people of Nepal are anxious to get moving. But there are also seven roadblocks to be overcome.
- 'The Focus Is On Quality Credit Growth' (The Economic Times, Hema Ramakrishnan, May 11, 2006)
Mallya shared his vision of transforming BoM into a dynamic, tech- savvy and customer centric bank with international benchmarks of performance standards with ET. Excerpts:
- Slum Tours: An Idea Taken Too Far: Delhi’S Street Children (Daily Times, Amelia Gentleman, May 11, 2006)
Clearing his throat theatrically as he gets ready to reveal a highlight of the tour, group leader Javed stops halfway up the staircase to platform one and points through the railings to a dark alcove beneath the footbridge over the tracks.
- Aziz For Tech-Transfer To Developing Nations (Daily Times, Sajid Chaudhry, May 11, 2006)
Sees GDP growth of 6-8% this year
IDB president says reforms should deliver
WB says cost of doing business in Pakistan too high
- Unchanged Defence Spending (News International, Editorial, The News International, May 11, 2006)
It is a positive trend that various committees of the National Assembly have been discussing the government’s financial record every year on the eve of the annual budget.
- Meeting The Spirit Of Enterprise (Pioneer, Vinayshil Gautam, May 11, 2006)
While visiting a town in western Rajasthan, Vinayshil Gautam discovers the way a private industry has shaped the destiny of its inhabitants
- India Fashion 'Goes Vegetarian' (Buffalo News, Correspondent or Reporter, May 11, 2006)
Officials in India are considering categorising and labelling all cosmetics and personal hygiene products as vegetarian or non-vegetarian.
- Wasting India (Telegraph, Editorial, The Pioneer, May 10, 2006)
What does India have in common with Ethiopia? In both countries, the percentage of children under five who are underweight is 47.
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